Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:19:36 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/texts/alpha INSTALL.TXT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905131019120.509-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <19990513095152.A89091@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 12 May 1999 at 17:08:43 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 12 May 1999 at 1:17:06 -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > >>> jkh 1999/05/12 01:17:06 PDT > >>> > >>> Added files: > >>> release/texts/alpha INSTALL.TXT > >>> Log: > >>> A special installation guide for the Alpha. Thanks, Doug! This is good! > >> > >> I still don't understand this: > >> > >> The easiest type of installation is from CD. If you have a > >> supported CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut > >> Creek CDROM, you can start the installation by building a set of > >> FreeBSD boot floppy from the files floppies/kern.flp and > >> floppies/mfsroot.flp using the instructions found in > >> floppies/README.TXT. > >> > >> Is this a different installation CD? If so, you should say so. > >> Otherwise you'll have people trying to boot from the i386 CD, > >> especially since WC don't seem to offer an Alpha CD. > >> > >> This is a serious problem for me. I'm trying to get something about > >> Alpha into "The Complete FreeBSD", and I still don't know what to tell > >> them. > > > > Like we keep telling you, the Alpha install bits are ON THE SECOND > > CDROM. > > You have told me that. Jordan has told me they're on the Toolkit > CD-ROM, and I see a reply saying they're on the Alpha Install CD-ROM. > INSTALL says they're on the CD-ROM. Don't you think there's potential > for misunderstanding here? The text should be changed to say 'Alpha Install CD-ROM' then. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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